National Guard in LA as protests intensify, Trump warns of ‘troops everywhere’
California Governor Gavin Newsom plans to sue the government after Trump ‘illegally’ deployed troops in response to protests about raids by immigration officials
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Trump dispatches National Guard to contain protesters in Los Angeles
Demonstrators torched cars and scuffled with security forces in Los Angeles on Sunday as police kept protesters away from National Guard troops sent by President Donald Trump to the streets of the second biggest US city.
Unrest broke out for a third day, with protesters angry at action by immigration officials that has resulted in dozens of arrests of what authorities say are illegal migrants and gang members.
The authorities have declared the entire downtown Los Angeles area an “unlawful assembly” zone.
“You are to leave the area immediately,” the Los Angeles police department (LAPD) wrote on X in the early hours of Monday.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said in a post on X on Monday he planned to sue the government.
“This is exactly what Donald Trump wanted. He flamed the fires and illegally acted to federalise the National Guard. The order he signed doesn’t just apply to CA. It will allow him to go into ANY STATE and do the same thing,” Newsom said, using California’s abbreviation. “We’re suing him.”
